Robert Troyer | |
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United States Attorney for the District of Colorado | |
In office November 17, 2017 –October 25, 2018 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | John F. Walsh |
Succeeded by | Jason R. Dunn |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert Campbell Troyer December 15,1960 Denver,Colorado,U.S. |
Children | 2 |
Education | Pomona College (BA) Boston College (JD) |
Robert Campbell Troyer [1] [2] (born December 15,1960) is an American lawyer from Colorado who formerly served as United States Attorney for the District of Colorado. [3]
He was born on December 15,1960,in Denver,Colorado and later grew up in Maryland. [2] [4] He graduated from Pomona College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1984 and from Boston College Law School with a Juris Doctor degree in 1990. [5] While attending Boston Law he served as Solicitations Editor for the Boston College Law Review. [4] After graduating from college he taught high school English in Washington,DC for several years and worked during the summers as a commercial fisherman in Alaska. [4]
From 1990 to 1993 he practiced civil litigation with the law firm of Ropes &Gray in Boston,Massachusetts. [4] From 1993 to 1999 he practiced law with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck in Denver. From 1999 to 2004 he was drug and violent-crime prosecutor with the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado. [4] From 2004 to 2010 he was a partner with Hogan Lovells in Denver. [4] From 2010 to 2016 he served as a First Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado. [4]
After leaving the U.S. Attorney's office,Troyer was hired to prepare a report on sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in Colorado. [6]
Troyer became acting U.S. Attorney on August 12,2016,upon the departure of John F. Walsh. [7] On November 17,2017,he was appointed by Jeff Sessions [8] and served until October 25,2018, [9] when he was succeeded by Jason R. Dunn.
He is married and has two children. [10]
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